Community dance raises funds for council of defense
A Saturday night street dance raised 233 dollars for the women’s committee of the Council of National Defense. Booth sales, fortune tellers, and generous donations boosted the total, with additional pledges from W. A. Martin to cover car takings. Meetings and talks followed in Chamber of Commerce, highlighting registration, social hygiene, and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Food and Conservation Committee
W. A. Martin
Maida Lee Folgate
Anne Jarrett Wood
Ida Stewart
Elizabeth Ball
Rachael Yarros
The
C. of N. C
Edward Boyd
Helen Osborn
Ray Oakley
Boy Scouts
The Night of the Big Firs and Egotism in Fire
A reflective piece on a large fire and the universal vanity it reveals as neighbors compare roles and actions. The narrator admits she was the first woman in the bucket brigade, detailing others’ claims of bravery and foresight, while highlighting self interest in event recalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucket Brigade
Canadian Will Lecture for Red Cross here Friday
Corporal F. K. Wishart oldest allied volunteer and 102nd battalion member will lecture in Turner hall at 8 p.m. for the Christmas fund for soldiers under Red Cross auspices. Hall donated for the night, tickets 50 cents. Wishart enlisted in 1915 and fought in French trenches, discharged due to physical condition. now tours the country lecturing for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Wishart
Allied Forces
102Nd Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Turner Hall
Red Cross
Wishart
Presbyterian
Church Society Is First to Buy A Liberty Bond
The Aid society of the First Christian church led Liberty Bond purchases, taking two bonds at the new Newcomb hotel office opened by the Liberty Bonds committee. Mrs. Mary Edwards represented the society as others bought bonds. office tasks and district coordination were outlined with Mrs. W F Kirtley in charge and Miss Kush man assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aid Society of the
First Christian Church
Newcomb Hotel
Women’s Committee On Liberty Bonds
Mary Edwards
W. F. Kirtley
Miss Kamphenkel Weds George Higley in Home Ceremony
Thelma Kamphenkel daughter of Mr and Mrs Pred Kamphenkel of S01 South Fifth Street married George W Higley son of Mr and Mrs John W Higley of Minneapolis. Rev D S Wahl officiated at the First German Methodist Church. A wedding supper followed with roses and pink blooms. The couple will reside in Crandall South Dakota where Higley works as a grain buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Kamphenkel
Pred Kamphenkel
South Fifth Street
George W. Higley
John W. Higley
Minneapolis
D. S. Wahl
Dainty Party Frock For Little Girls In Pale Green Chiffon
A small girls party dress in pale green chiffon over flesh colored chiffon is shown. The design features narrow full ruffles, plain front and back panels with hand embroidery, and a waist seam drawn in. It suits ages four to six and uses one and three quarter yards of material. accessories should match. The article also notes meat packers licensing limits and possible price increases due to higher operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashion
Liberty couple wed in Hannibal by Judge Dent
The marriage of Mr and Mrs Baird took place Monday at 3 PM in Hannibal. The couple, well known in Liberty, will reside in Springfield where Mr Baird has worked with Swift & Company. They were escorted to Hannibal by Miss Clara Grubb and the bride's brother Fred Detter Jr and left for Springfield immediately after the ceremony.
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of Liberty
Hannibal
Allen E. Dent
Liberty
Baird
Swift Company
Springfield
Clara Grubb
Fred Detter, Jr
Catherine Czar and Henry Waldermeyer wed at home
Miss Catherine Theresa Czar married Henry Waldermeyer Jr by Judge E J Bonney in the parlors of his home at Sixth and Hampshire streets Monday afternoon both residents of St Louis. They were unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brinks
Sixteenth
Spring Streets
St. Francis Church
Brinks
Mr. Brinks
St. Mary's Church
Quincy
Vesper Services and Hygiene Talk at Local YWCA
Interesting vesper services were held Sunday at 4 o clock at the Y W C A. Dr Elizabeth Ball lectured to the M W B club Monday evening on hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Stevenson
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Stevenson
Elizabeth Ball
M. W. B. Club
Meat packers back up Hoover plan
Chicago Oct 16 full approval of Food Administrator Hoover s program cited as support grows for the national meat packers plan amid ongoing wartime measures and industry cooperation with government goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meat Packers
Hoover
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims constitutional cure
There is more catarrh in this section than other diseases combined and it is said to be incurable by local remedies alone. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is promoted as a constitutional cure taken internally through the blood. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case not cured. Sale through druggists. Tic Tacs Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tic Halls
Illinois W C T U convention opens in Peoria
Peoria hosts the Illinois W C T U as Miss Hek Hood state president and many delegates arrive for the star convention. Patriotism and an endorsement of woman suffrage are expected to feature in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
W. O
U Peoria
Ill
Hek
Hood
del Gates
Illinois
A Texas Wonder Kidney and Bladder Cure
An old advertisement proclaims Texas Wonder as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes, rheumatism, and back pain. It claims nationwide mail order availability for 33.00, with a two months’ treatment and testimonials, listing Dr. B W Ba of St. Louis as the contact and noting druggists carry it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
B&w
Olive St
Bt. Louis
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James Irwin
Rome
Irwin
F. T. Hill
Ada Hapke
Bruilington
Lulu Felt
Notre Dame
Paris
Century Club
Quincy College of Music
Ruth Cameron
Ware-Wayland Co
West Side Square
Charles Wyckoff
Jesse Wyckoff Marks
J. Phil Bert
Chcago
Miss Breathwaite
Edward Donahue
University of Illinois
Ada Donahue
Miss Donahue
Decatur
Jane Curtis
Millikin University
Nell Reed
Broadway
Biana B. Head
Maine Street
Denver
Miss Head
Edith Head
Mary Cober
Okolona
P. H. Gardner
Twenty-fourth
Maine Streets
Council of National Defense of Illinois
United States Food Administration
George Zoller
Mrs
George Dashwood
James Gardner
George Buttrick
Frank Wheeler
Loren Wheeler
South Thirty-sixth Street
Henry Long
Kansas City
Major
T. E. Adams
Garrett Schuler
Misa Effie Adams
Robert Bacon
Clara Jacobi
John Daniels
Nellie Daniels
Katherine Otten
Maude Hessler
Adams County
Charles Bartlett
Monday Bridge Club
Church Society
Three Arts Club
Eighth and
Fred Wolf
Gounod
Hugh Ernst
Bizet
Jaques Offenbach
Nora Moriarity
Saint Saens
William Channon
University of Missouri
H. C. Channon
H. C. Meredith
Vermont Street
Mrs. North
West Virginia
Mary Mitchell
Meredith
E. B. Hillman
Cleveland
George Kohl
Weilers
Kampherkle
George Kigley
American Meat Packers’ Association
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Bremser Prescription Druggists
Maine St
Munsing Union
Platase
Texas
Niehaus
Maine
K. OF C. Building
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